SAGEBRUSH RANGELAND HYDROLOGY AND EVALUATION OF THE SPUR HYDROLOGY MODEL1

ABSTRACT: An excellent hydrologic record on sagebrush range-land has been developed at the Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in southwestern Idaho. The objectives of this paper were two-fold: (1) to analyze and describe the hydrologic record (8–18 years) from four sagebrush watersheds (1–83 ha); and (2) to evaluate the hydrology component of SPUR, a comprehensive rangeland model. The watersheds represent a gradient in elevation (1180–1658 m) and precipitation (240–350 mm/yr). Runoff was a small fraction (> 2 percent) of the total water budget for all of the watersheds. It occurred very infrequently at the three lower elevation watersheds: Summit, Flats, and Nancy Gulch. At Lower Sheep, the highest elevation watershed, runoff occurred most years for a period of 1 to 17 weeks in the winter. Frozen soil combined with rainfall or snowmelt was associated with most of the runoff from Flats and Nancy Gulch. At Summit summertime thunderstorms produced all of the runoff. The average annual sediment yield from all of the watersheds was low (17–950 kg/ha). It was highest from Summit, which had well developed alluvial channels and very steep slopes. SPUR was able to simulate runoff with reasonable accuracy only at Summit, where frozen soils were not a factor. There was poor correlation between predicted and actual annual 8ediment loss. The model tended to overpredict evapotranspiration early in the growing season and underpredict it in the late summer.     

WATERSHED FUNCTIONS1

ABSTRACT: Watershed functions that dominate the hydrologic environment are identified and discussed. Hydrological and ecological functions are considered in relation to the storm and annual hydrographs, and to water quality. Two integrative watershed responses to these functions are also articulated. Since most of the Earth's water is in storage, consideration of the hydrologic cycle as movement between water storage sites enhances this functional and response characterization of the watershed which, in turn, suggests guidance and direction for the restoration of watershed functions.     

DESIGN OF DESALTING PLANTS FOR CONJUNCTIVE OPERATION1

ABSTRACT The selection of an evaporator design must reflect the balancing of captial cost (primarily in heat exchanger surface and vessels) against operating cost (primarily steam cost) to achieve minimum cost. In a conjunctive plant the tendency is to select a low-capital cost, high-operating cost plant. In addition, it is advantageous to use a high-capacity plant which needs to be operated much less of the time than a plant which is sized just at the needed rate. For example, in the study of a possible system to satisfy a future increase of 450 MGD in water supply to New York Qty, a plant of 750 MGD capacity was selected as optimum. This plant, of the advanced VTE-MSF process type, would have a performance ratio of 9 lb product/1000 Btu as compared to 10-13 normally used for base-loaded plants. Steam would be supplied by a multi-unit dual-purpose nuclear power plant. The most economical type of energy supply would be “interruptible”; the steam would be used by a low pressure turbine to generate electricity during periods of peak electrical demand but would be available to the desalting plant at other times. The low pressure turbine would be available as spinning reserve during desalting plant operation. It is estimated that the desalting plant would have a load factor of 27 per cent over its life.     

好氧颗粒污泥的形成机制、特性及应用研究进展

好氧颗粒污泥凭借其密实的结构、多样的微生物种群以及优良的沉降性能,已经引起了污水生物处理领域许多学者的兴趣.本文总结了近年来国内外好氧颗粒污泥技术和应用的最新研究成果,包括好氧颗粒污泥的形成机制、好氧颗粒污泥的特性及其微生物相、环境条件对好氧颗粒污泥形成的影响、好氧颗粒污泥模型以及在处理市政污水和含毒工业废水上的应用,并展望了好氧颗粒污泥的应用前景.     

宁夏盐池县社会经济与环境协调发展的策略分析

本文通过分析宁夏盐池县的自然条件、自然资源以及社会经济发展与环境的关系,应用权图影响结构模型对该县社会经济与环境系统进行了定量的分析与研究。建立了7个模型,并通过预测、比较实施不同发展策略后各模型的系统状态,找出了使系统优化运行的灵敏调控点,分析了各分项调整策略之间相互制约、相互促进的关系,提出了使该县社会经济与环境协调发展的策略。     

新疆315国道公路水毁病害形成机制与治理

水毁是新疆315国道主要病害类型。根据现场调查,将新疆315国道公路水毁分为淘底塌滑、冲蚀啃边、冲刷截断3种类型;从自然因素、气候、河床地质条件和公路自身建设缺陷系统分析了新疆315国道茫崖-且末段公路水毁的形成环境;开发了适用于该段公路的格宾箱体结构和格栅笼两类新技术,前者适用于干沟及冲沟地段的水毁防治,后者适用于戈壁滩地段的水毁防治,并分别依托工程得到了应用,通过室内物理模型试验验证了其防治效果。试验结果表明,所提治理技术具有较强的实用性及经济优势。     

Imazaquin degradation and metabolism in a sandy loam soil amended with farm litters

Irnazaquin applied in legume crops has a long residual time in soil, which often impacts safety of the susceptible crops. To increase safety of imazaquin application, two composted litters, bovine manure （BM） and chicken manure （CM）, were used to determine their effects on imazaquin environmental behavior by incorporating each kind of manure into the tested sandy loam soil at 10% （w/w）. The degradation of imazaquin in BM- and CM-amended soil was about 2.4 and 1.5 times, respectively, faster than that in unamended soil. The half-lives of imazaquin in BM-amended soil varied between 6.7 and 15.4 d over the temperature range of 20 to 40℃, and the degradation rate constant （k） increased by a factor of about 1.5 for every 10℃ change. Higher mix ratio did not significantly increase the degradation, and the optimal active degradation of imazaquin was observed approximately at the mix ratio of 10：1 of soil to BM. The different moisture levels had negligible effect on imazaquin degradation. In both unamended and BM-amended treatments, two metabolites were observed at 5, 10 and 30 d after treatment. One metabolite at retention time （RT） of 8.4 rain was identified as 2-（4- hydroxyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl） quinoline acid, originating from the loss of isopropyl group and hydroxylation at the 4-position of imidazolinone ring. The other at RT of 12.9 rain was identified as quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride, resulting from detachment of imidazolinone ring and the forming of dicarboxylic anhydride. This finding suggested that the addition of farm litters into soil might be a good management option since it can not only increase soil fertility but also contribute to increase safety of imazaquin application to the following susceptible crops.     

不同臭氧催化氧化体系处理老龄垃圾渗滤液的效果及能耗分析

老龄垃圾渗滤液因其成分复杂且可生化性差,故传统技术无法对其进行有效降解,且利用臭氧催化氧化体系处理垃圾渗滤液缺乏系统性评估报道。为解决上述问题,采用臭氧/过二硫酸盐(${{\rm{S}}_2}{{\rm{O}}_8^{2 - }}$,PS)、臭氧/过一硫酸盐(${\rm{HS}}{{\rm{O}}_5^ -} $,PMS)和臭氧/过氧化氢(H₂O₂)氧化体系,探讨了处理老龄垃圾渗滤液的可行性,考察了初始pH、温度、O₃及H₂O₂、Na₂S₂O₈、KHSO₅的投加量等因素对其处理效果的影响,并对其能源效率进行了分析。结果表明,优化条件下,O₃/PMS、O₃/H₂O₂和O₃/PS的单位数量级能耗(electrical energy per order,EE/O)分别为1 007.5、1 233.7、662.6 kWh·m⁻³,O₃/PMS氧化体系处理老龄垃圾渗滤液的效果与O₃/H₂O₂氧化体系相似,且优于O₃/PS。由综合处理效果与能耗评估结果可知,O₃/H₂O₂氧化体系最佳,在温度为25 ℃,pH=6,O₃和H₂O₂投加量分别为3 g·h⁻¹和2 125 mg·L⁻¹,反应时间为60 min条件下,能耗最低,EE/O降至443.9 kWh·m⁻³,且TOC去除率和反应速率常数分别为27.1%和0.005 3 min⁻¹,BOD₅/COD也由0.18增至0.26。综合上述结果,基于臭氧体系的高级氧化法能耗较高,可将臭氧催化氧化与低成本的生物处理技术相结合,从而实现对污染物高效经济降解。上述研究结果可为臭氧高级氧化技术的工程化应用提供参考。     

MnFeCu-LDHs活化PMS降解氯四环素的效能及机制

针对污水处理厂尾水中抗生素等生物难降解有机物频繁检出的问题,采用相对绿色、低毒性的过渡金属元素制备了锰铁铜类水滑石(MnFeCu-LDHs),并将其用于活化过一硫酸盐(PMS)降解氯四环素(CTC)。探究了初始pH、反应温度、催化剂和PMS投量对CTC降解效能的影响规律,通过化学捕获和淬灭实验确定了活性氧物种(ROS)的种类与贡献,并对反应前后的催化剂进行理化性质表征且考察了催化剂稳定性。结果表明,在初始pH为7、反应温度为298 K、催化剂及PMS投加量均为0.2 g·L⁻¹条件下,反应5 min后CTC去除率达到80.88%,30 min去除率达到91.18%,同时,随着初始pH和温度的提高,CTC的降解效果得到明显增强;ROS淬灭实验和EPR捕获实验结果证实了在该体系中,·OH、SO₄·⁻、¹O₂均参与了CTC的降解,贡献度最高的是¹O₂,其次为·OH和SO₄·⁻;基于反应前后XPS光谱对比分析,发现MnFeCu-LDHs活化PMS过程稳定性较好,此外该催化剂在重复使用5次后,CTC的30 min去除率仍达到73.61%。因此,本研究可为SR-AOPs应用于控制水环境抗生素类污染提供新思路。     

矿业权市场的交易机制及运作模型

运用经济学和系统论的观点对矿业权市场的信息形成与传递、交易客体的价格形成的有关过程与机制进行了探讨,提出了矿业权市场的信息传递模式和探矿权、采矿权的价值构成模式,并对矿业权市场的运作模式进行了研究.